The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-07 00:00:00

N! , ,VAL PLY:(IOUTIL AUG. 3.—lt was the /Podwich and Weymouth store ships, that arrived here yesterday. from Portsmouth ; they are to take on board ma::: tines from this-port, and will sail froth hence for the Mediterranean. AUG. 4.--Arrived the brig Fly, E.VANS, from Gib raltar, laden with wine, bound to this 'port for or ders; sailed the I lth July; on her passage spoke his Majesty's ship Ambuscade, from the Mediterra nean ; the American schooner Nonsuch, of and frOM Baltimore, W. CHASE, Master, laden with Sugar and coffee, bound to St. Sebastians, detained by his Majesty' s ship Amazon of 36 guns. AUG. s.—Arrived the AMerican ship Cora, Of Baltimore, MUNEY, Master, from Wilnaiogton, 36 .days passage, laden •with turpentine, bound to `port ; likevVise the Sea/lower sloop of wax', 'from* Madeira ; and the Lyra gun-brig, with . a fleet of light vietuallers, from the 'fleet off Rochefort. The Lyra sailed the 28th ult. she brings inteln= genCe that the boats 'of his Majesty's ship Preact nought 'went into Basque Roads, for the purpose of bringiUg'Ont a large French national brig; that was moored under . n . battery, mounting 50 guirs ; but we are 'sorry to state, they failed in the enterprize, as the enemy were very well prepared to meet thern on board th e b rig, togethr the battery, soon silenced the boats; and we - regret to add, that Lieutenant Mr.' midshipman, and 75 men, were either killed or drowned; and Lieut. PORENIANT, With seven 'men, -were Woiinded-, one of whom is Since dead. 136 RT . SMOUtH, AUG. 6. ArriOd the Gan;:et: sloop of war, Capt. S±Evi&Tson, from the Dbwns Mary;How- EY from' Padstow Three Sisters, Cilia. ; Ranger, COUTTS ; Ann, ; Reward, 5 " ; Betsey, M ELVIN ; FELL ; Jane, W lLLiimsoN ; Johanna, 1:1OLLOW AY ; Henry, ; and Providence, EARRETT : , from Sundei land. Sailed the GolLarv4. sloop of war, Capt. Ix ts/E . , to resum e the :statimpoff Cherbourg; and the Slurp,. slooter gun-brig, tieUt.GOLDiE, with a convoy for. Guernsey. DEkt, AuGeSt Cu tters are just arrived from Holland. The whole of Walcheren ; except Flushing, is itrour poSsession; and that is elOsely in-. vested, and' eipt-Eted to surrender every- moment. — No loss whatever am o ngst the English shipping; and every one in high spirits as to the final result of the Expedition. 01.........1 DOVER AUGUST 6.—Passed by for Lcndon the ! ship Skffie/d, Col,vpmt, and the brig Susan, Durcx, from Cadiz ; the lielicon,. guti;-brig - , has re-captured and sent in the ship 'Bulk y, of Marblehead, trAm- moiqb, with lice, from New-York, 'to Amsterdam, She was captured by a French privateer ; the Islas cutter, is , it . rioed in the Da.vns, and reports,, that the 1 town of Flushing, after a bombardment 'at B,hours, I has been taken possession of by the English. i SHEERNESS, AUG. 5.-At 6p. m. arrived his Majesty's Cilation and Satiae, from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Rosario, with convoy to the Baltic. AUGUST 6 . —Sailed his Majesty's ship Starling, with Convoy „to Heligoland. Also his ANesty's Chip with convoy, for the D utch coast. • MARGATE, AUGUST 6. Arrived hi s Majesty's, cutter Idas, Lieutenant DuNcAN, from off Flushing. Lieutenant DUNCAN has landed, and gone off to town with dispatches. C°ll Xl JULY 31.—A detachment of the Royal Horse Artillery embarked on board a division of the transports, at Cove, on Saturday, and was to sail yesterday evening, if the wind had been favourable, under convoy of the Helena sloop of war. The transports will proceed by divisions, as the troops eltbark. GREENOCK, AUG. 4.—The Master of the sloop Greyhound, arrivedlately from the Island &Barra, says, that while there, about foUr weeks since, a schooner was tow e d in by two ofishing boats, ha v i ng the words " the love' of". on what remains of her stern ; the other part being knocked away..--She had no cargo. on board, but a few staves, and some remnants ofEsh. The carpenter's tool-chest, some dollars, and a watch, were found on board. The vessel was taken ,possession of by the fador of Mr. IVI‘NEILL, of Barra. Letters from our Squadron in the Baltic, under the orders of Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, dated the 4th ult. stale, that the Fleet was at that time off Nar gon, an Island opposite to Revel, and near the en .trance of the Gulph of Finland. Our people had frequent intercourse with the shore, and experienced much kindness from the inhabitants. A rumour dWas prevalent in the Fleet, (hat the Russian Squj; ron was prep ar i ng f or sea, expeCtitt to Joined y the Sw e di s h navy. FOR rrris SUM Ldir . REE,Q,RT. . 1 MR. EDiT9R, As it .was not in my - power to attend the. Meeting - of:the Renters of Drury-lane Theatre Yesterday, I must .rely upon your statement of what `passed on the occasion. The plan which' Mr. SHERlDAN.sub initted to the meeting,appears to 'be the best which titan be devisedin the , present circaMstances, but if I 'had-been present, I should haue - aSked Mr. SIORD DAN if the new Theatre is to be burthened with more expences than are abscilotely necessary for con dueling the buSineis of it. Ifl am rightly informed, for I haVe seldom an opportunity of attending to mat ters of this kind myself, the re wer e annu al' incum brances upon the old Theatre to Upwards, of - 12Jol. beyond what the LORD CHANgELLOR . had alloited for management; &c. 'Now, Sir, considering how long the Theatre has been in arrears to the Renters, &c. and the vast mass ofilsother debts, I think the Renters, before they agree to any plan, for rep re under the patent, or for the ereetion of a -.new 'theatre, should be positively assured thaf. no useless,office shall be created, and fici - 'persons derive etnolument from the Theatre, but those who may be employed in some effeCtive service, and who are, indispensably required hy e establishnients of that de scription. That no per Son better qualified for conduCting a theatre, if 'he were to dire& his poVi,ers for. the advancements of its interests, than. Mr. \SHIRIDAN, must be readily acknowledged ; 'b ut i t is not a mere riOrie . that• will support an institution of such a magnitude, 'and of so complicated'a nature, and therefore the Renters ought to be Convinced that he Will pay more 'attention to their interests than 'be has intlierto'done, before they finally assent to any, proposition which he may bring forward.+ Bottbe cliief consideration is to avoid all extraneous incumbrunies, Icir otherwise ; to 'raise 'a -new theatre would only he opening a new source ,of vexation, anxiety and expel - ice, to allwhOhave a right to, look for advantage.and a com p ens ation fdr the 'solicitude and . disappoinimentS 'Which they have so long and 'so ;patiently endured., COURT OF CANciiglt.—Auc. q. .EX . . • , . .proNuat This was a Petition to the Court to ,Set aside a Commission of Bankruptcy... . 'M S. ROMILLY and Mr. ONTAGUE stated, that this was one of the most exaraurdinAry cases that had ever come before the Court in matters of . flanlir.uptr• cy. - The Petitioner,„Dignnin, had been servant t 9 Colonel. Digby, in Ireland, , f)r seventeen yeari, during Which, time he had, saved about 8001., He came over to England,. having previously lodged 4001, in the hands of Mr. ;Thomson, at Dublin Castle, and - obtained a proirrizory note, which he :brOught over to ; England with him, together with ;he rest of his fortune in cash.• At the Elephant and Castie,, in 'Holborn, where he lodged, 40 met with 'a courieryirian of. his own, of the name of. Kelly, to whom he communicated_ his plans. - informed Kelly that he was desirous of being employed as ColleEting Clerk to a Merchant. Kelly dissuaded . . him from this, and 'put an end in. : the idea,..by in troducing Dignum to a Mr. Francis Fortune, of Mantes-street, wham Kelly represented as ,a . chain, Which Francis Fortune told him he was unfit for a Collecting Clerk. The restilt 'as, that Kelly, by the assistance of, this Fortune, Who was stated to be in .fo't a Fishmonger, pursuaded Dignum to en gage in partnership:i,vith him, as a Cheesemonger. Dignum advaneed . 4001. as his share of the capital'. Mr. 'Francis Fortune; who' per fOrtned the part of 'a banker, being answerable for Kelly's share. The partnership contiiiired three months, during which Kelly drew a great number of'bills in the partner ship's name, ‘'‘ ithout the knowledge. of It:appeared, that Dignum in vain called upon Kelly for an account ;. all he could procure was a few shil lings now and then ro keep him from starving. At tempts were made by Kelly to get Dignum to give up the note from Mr. Thotnson ; but this the latter 'positively reftised, and sent the note to. Ireland to fiCevent its being given up-=•-the only prudent a6t, Sir S. Aomilly said, on the part of Dignutn, in the whole course of these transactions. .The partnership was at length dksolved; but Dignum was arrested upon one of the partnership bills. Negociations then took place aboUt an : indemnity to Dignuin,•frorn these bills, and repaying him ,his capital. • The re-: suit, however, was, Kelly, ,apparently with a VieW to get posses4ion of the 4001. note; took-out a coin mission of bankrUptcy against Dignum, under pre tence of a separate debt. The Petition was .to set aside this commi§sion, at the cost of Mr. Kelly, and, Mr. Bryan, his Solicitor. AN OLD RENTER. Piazza Coffee-homse, Aug. 5. lILIRGATE, SLIG. .5. 'Since the sailing. of the Grand Expedition there. has been- a considerable increase of visitors from .114msgate, Deal, Dover, The Theatre, under the managet i nent of our old favourite Mr. WILMor WELLS, opened on Saturday night with ARNOLD'S Comedy of .!llan and Wife and the Farce of the Poor Soldier ; they both went off With eclat, and the Performers were warmly. greeted ,91 . 1 their entrance by a very respectable audience. any judgMent is to be formed by the number ' of snbsCribers'on the library books, the town may bcfat'brbeing fulle'r than at tile same perio►l in any ,P.);rtner' year; Mr. HART and Mr. PuLLEN appeared in behalf of Mr. Bryan,• and argued that there was no evidence to hripliclte him in any of these transaclions,-No-, Indy 'appeared for,Mr. The CHANCELLOR said, that when he read this Petition, the impression made - upon hirri,was such that he was obliged to make a covenant with his owti mind, that it should not prejudice his judgment-- He ordered the Commission to be superseded 'at the ex:pence of Kelly ; and as to Mr. Bryan, the only quesziun was, • whether he used due diligence in in quiring into the real state of the case,' before he took out the commission. , He allowed him further time to justify hitiaself in that resp'eti. GARNtIeS, in High-street; is 'crouded every even ing. with genteel - comPany. PAi•TISON'S evening promenade has F been well attended, The npoic at PALLISTE.II and .Bo . usplimp's con tinues tb receive' tht.igreategt aPplaiist:: from the com 7. parry in general, particularly the spngs by Mr. TURN.' BULI, Whose vocal tale; - ds have 'met with, distin guished approbatiOn in 'sonic emtiful glees, duetts, .&c. &c. About three hundred pc!ppl visited Dandelion lair Wednesday; arid Mr. and Miis w4iprERT'S con cer t at:the Aisembly Rooms .was well attended.- At the late York Assizes, a youth of the name of Hainsworth, who had been depri . yed'Of his left hand through the carelessness .of the driver- of a, cart in Leeds, obtained a verdid for 5001. damages against Mr. Morkill, jun. of.Halton, the owner of the cart, thr the. injury he had sustained. Friday last the business.of the Assizes of Water fdrd was interrupted by an alarm of tire, which commenced at the Weit side of the County Gaol, and s . at the distance.of ten or eleven housesfrOm Its origin was accidental; 'rheliOuSes in that neigh belo,,l covered. with thatch, bO of them were.constortect in the space of an hour. One. lite was, lost, a boy , about four years old. ' :At 13reottord,. before- 'a Bench of Magistrates, at the Three Pigeons, an uncommon ease. came on to be heard' last.i.Week.—A - Genileman was summoned at the instance of Officer of Heston, to answer a complaint for extreme cruelty to, a child five years old, Whom, it-was stated, he had bOught‘of some wandering gypsies, had clothed it, and gave it the run of the house. The child put some straw into a closet, and set fire to , it ; on which the prisoner, be fore any accident could happen, dragged him from his hole, and compelled him to take a piece of hot iron from a fire with his baTe hands, and beat him severely besides. In justification of his condud,, he said, he did this to deter him from aaing so in fu ture, but did not mean to repeat such severities, bUt, on the contrary, he would use him tenderly. The Magistrates considering the whole of the case, held the accused to bail, to answer the complaint at the eusuiag Middlesek Sessions. GUILDHALL.—On Saturday Mr. Whittington, a farmer, at. Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, charged' a man of the name . of Devine or Devaynes, with stealing froin him a black gelding, value upwards of -;An unfortunate accident happened on board a 'Wiest Lidiamact : a sailor, by the unexpe'cted, dis charge of one of the guns ; ion bokli his hands and one v eye : he • wat immediately' brought on ' Sh ore , but with very little hopes of reCoVery. • Kr:;o's TnEATnE.-:-The entertainments of this plaCe closed fur the season on Satorday last,t with ,the last new serious opera of Sidagero,.and the grand ballet of the Caliph of Bazda4, In - justice to the Manager, it shbuld be stated, that -he has spared no expence to render the entertainments of his Theatre worthy of the high patronage it has received. He bas broughtlirward many new operas, and several new performers: The operas have been the produc tion of the most - distinguished Composers of the ,time, and have received the approbation of the most iutelligent musical critics. The performers in gene ral are persons of well-known talents, but in their respeaiveprovinees NA LDI andTaEmErtzAN' are con spieuously excellent. The ballets also were splendid and various, and derived all possible advantage from 'the exertions of such eminent performers as VESTRIS, DESHAYES and' his wife, ANGIOL INI, and others. The house was much better attended than is usual ar so late a period, and the performers on retiring received abundant 'narks of public approbation. Tx .—The new ballet of .Knapschou, or 'The Forest Fiend, was repeated on Saturday last at 'this place, and with improved effeEt, as the ma chinery, &c. were managed with more ease. The piece was very well received by a large and elegant audience. . . .:25L—The Pros:-cuter was induced, out , of compas . CooKE and F AWCETT are b oth performing with ' great eclat- at.Ed sion to the Prisoner s situation, inburgh. Th e p resent h ero i ne of. him in the.g)eatest distress, to give him employ who had called opoh the theatre at that pl ace is Mrs. YOUNG, (late Miss meat from ; Wednesday the 26th, to the succeeding 8t405,) blDuury,lane Theatre. Saturday inclusive. On the following Wednesday, The following aneedote is in circulation :—At the early in the morning, the gelding in qndstion was commencement of 'hostilities between France and, missing. Suspicion tell 'on the Prisoner; and it was Austria; the son of Sir J OHN SINCLAIR, happening discovered that he had not left his lodgings in Ste to . be in the neighbourhood of the French armies, in vena' ge till that morning before day-break. A band, pursuit of agricUltural knowledge, w as ma d e ' pr i- bill, describing the horse and the person suspected e .Boner, and som suspicion being entertained of his of having stolen him, was immediately issued ; in being an English spy, he was taken b e f ore the Em- consequence, of whic4,.(l - and of other .prompt mea .peror,:laimsell,. who interrogated him. Mr. SIN-. sores adoptedt 'by the Prosecutor, 'the Prisoner. was ' ,C4.AI a • stated who he eras, and that his only object taken into custody at the Ram Inn, Smithfield, with on the Continent was the iinprovement of the agri- the horse in his possession. He was Wily commit, culture of his country. BUONAPARTE observed— . ted for trial. - ' "'The- nameolyour father is well known in France; and as lam an encourager of the a rts i n a ll coon-. , - Considerable inconvenienc e has within these few days been feltiby the labouring part of the commu tries, if you can make c h ut . y our s t ory I s h a ll f urn i s h you with a Sate escort ; for, in th e p resent state qt.. .nity, in Consequeeee of several shopkeepers having - affairs, I can assure you, the COn t i nent d oes - not re- inOiscriminat e ly r e fus e d a ll o ld h a lf pence . This ' quir British cultivation ; and m y a d v i ce to you, has probably arisen from a inisappreheniion Of -a , Traph which appear e d in the pnblic papers, pa young man, is, that with such 'fa c ili t i es as I shall ra° giye you, you make - the best 'of y our w a y h ome : stating that the old halfpence were to be exchanged for a new 'coinage, but . w hi c h h as s ince b een eon to England." M. SiNcnAta produced letters.from tradieted. his father,- which. substantiated his st a t ement ; he An eminent Che m i s t i s sa id to ha ve state d, i n a ~was ,then immediately furnished kith4,RpMß BUONAPARTE, in Westphali a, and Lctirs le "" Report delivered•into the House. of Commons, that many tons of human hones are annually sent by sea uotrATAtt!re, in Holland, the latter of 'whom was • required to:furnish a vessel to cOnvey Air. SINCLAIR , , from the metropolis to the North, where they ,are to ,Ep&lanti• . groun d , or rat lerbroken I small in mills conttived for . , t the purpose, 'and then liked as a llliilitire. 0 ETI NG.....1.47'EL Lid ISAVC4',- HVI , !:FINGDON. WZDIVZSDA Y, AUG. • The Hinchinbroke Stakes of 2.5g5, each. Mr. Cave Browne's Delville, , brother to Orville Lord Lowther's.l'ellow-hanirrser . - Sir C. )3onbury'.) Overseer Ceneral Grpsvcwor's Fins . Ellen - - 3 Sir eFifty Pouocfsforloiar, five, and six-y r o ld s . :_,Btinbury/$ Agnes, by Sorcerer, 7st. izio. Walked over, • trivasniiy. • , ; • Fifty Pounds, tor all ages. Lord Lowther's Yellow-hatnater - - Sir 1. Shelly's Sock Williinns% tii, f. Gift; Bst. - - - - 2 3 Mr. Fisher's ch i t sister,to Sp a ni ar d, 7s t . ri lb . 5 4 1 t 3 a Lastweek a recruiting.party of dragoons stationed at-Ludlow, having received information of a deserter from their regiment being at Aymstree, in Hereford, Shire, went 'in pursuit of.him, clisgnised ii smock frocks, where they foortd"tiint'wilh workin fipc)ri the top of a hay-rick "the i dserter soon ree,,gn , :ed his pursuers, and was by them requested to descend, which he . did, but no sooner had he done sii thz:n he resisted and defended himself with a pitch-foEk. 0 ending it-likely bi should be overpowered; he ran`"' off, when he was calle,d to by there to stop and sdr render,—and refusing w do so, they fired after hial with a pistol,' the tralVof which:entered his back; { _` k'near: the groin. Ike fell, and was taken in-to cus 7 . tody, and conveyed to Ludlow tapon a hOrse, 'which, the party had" brought with them-and left at a small distance from the spot. The bail has since been ex , . traeted, but the man lies dangerously . We feel it our .duty to caution the public against an old trick daily practised by a young female in neighbOnrhood of St. Paul's Church-yard, New Bridge-street, and that neighbourhood. She ;knocks at the door under pretence of inquiring for some one of the fatnily, who she is, well acquainted is from home. On being shewn into the parlour, she takes an opportunity of secreting any thing that is porta,_,.- ble, with Which she .makes off. Several thefts of this kind were effeeled during the last week. • Murphy:the horrid' niai.derer of the Rev. Fitz. , gerald Tindall, has at length expiated in this world the enorn3i.ly o( his dime. He sutleeed public ex ecution on Saturday sennight, at Tralee, pursuant to the sentence of the On-Thtarsday tlighta young man, of the name of Warren, Was hustled by'il gang' of tin Men, who, robbed him of 221, in Holborn, with which they made their escape... app:ied. yesterday. at Hattori : Garden Office; :Stating the circumstance, but at the same time observtd that he was not able to identify any of the party. -• • An unfortunate accid e nt hAipened last Monday,' the Gunpowder Mills, fately . ereEted in CilS3We9 Wood, near Tenryn,,,One of the carpenters was direeted make - a 'small alterStion in the Mitch:lite that works the sieves, and the man who had the care of the house Was preparing to remove all the powder udder process, but was projaifed'on to 'lei it remain,. upon ah" assurance from the earpenter . tl4 he• . shctuld ' only us a wooden mallet. Soo n after, however, The iierghbourhood was *rifled by an ex..., plosion;. - 2nd the manager of the wotk's approaching the spot, bound the carpenter arid the othaework-, man, ; with two womeni.blown. abOut t went y yar d s ' froth. the itiin,• . and dieadially wounded The man and woman survived . only .a 'feW hours.; the , other woman' langnished' till next morning, An- other man and girl, who:were :It or in an adjoin.:. ing house,- escaped unhurt, Atbough they were only — , a few yards from the place where the explosion hap pened. The other building; and mills, being all seated in a ,valley, about*O - jrardS from each other, with a mound of earth 'between each, received no damage, the force of thl 2 eXPlOsion , necessarily vent-, ing itself upwards. - Whilhei= the accident was oc casioned •by• the urifortt.36tE - carpenter ugink his . I axe, which was found afterwSrds in - field 'field of oats` at a small distance, or- by a tobacco-pipe 'concealed'' in his pockets, cannot be ascertained ; but from his confession before he died; it iA Supposed . froin the lattei; • • . , • M: CREWE, :of NY . h:baden; has4iscovered a method of. reebvering wine that iurned sour, by the use of Powdered dharc6al. The i 11 habiita n is of the banks of the Rhine have presented him With a gold medal for this discovery:' .., . . John Dogherty and Matthew Reilly, two private soldiers, were executed,au yonday.at Ipswieh' 4 for the wilful murder of their i 'comrade, t, Howe,. irk May last. -i ,- ''- -'.- ' . . . . By a circular letter from the Adjutanc-Getierral, to • all.the Volunteer and Yeomanry: corps in the dom, it appears that the usual inspettions %dutitig: the months of July and August is dispensed with: • ' MARKET, ;luct:s r 7. L,; This day's market bad a considerable supply .of prime Beasts, and .the show of Cattle in oeneral was pentiful; Pork is cheaper than our rast report ; eef is dearer; Mutton, Veal, and Lamb, srupDort .last prices; and the trade was tolerably.gocd.—ll e sales in theHaytnarlcet were pretty liceiy ; S4-aw ,arid Clover have drOpped in price since .; Market; Hay obtained'last price—r7vVe subio!, accurate statement of the.prces and numbers:— • To sink the, 0:1 - 7,1 inr stone of 81b. Beef 45..80. to ss. 6d.— Mut ton 4s. •zd. TO' SS. 4d. Veal 4i 2 Bd. .to 6s, 6d.-=Perk 4s. Sd. to 6s. od.-I..amb .ss. od. to 6s. - - Beasks, 1650.—Sheep and Lambs, r9,900.--Cals, 300'.--- Pigs, 340• • • sMiTHEI4I..DATAT-IMARY-ET. Hay sl, ios. od. to 61. ios. Straw 11. tos. od. to 21. os. ad,--Clover 61. los. toil”. 15s. od. .CORN-EXCHANGE, AUGUST 7.—Thi4 day the fresh arrivalS, of wheat are. considerable=—early in the 'af ternoon fine samples were at 'an advance of. about two shillings per quarter, but dull afterwards; very little Barley ; Malt heavy sale :White Pease cheaper; Beans of the two . kinds Continue at little differeqce; of Oats the supplies are coti6iicr able, and sales named at lade variation ; Flour at our last quotation- r fine- American 50s. to per barrel. , . • Wheat - 76s'a•Sgs ,a 053 Tit* Beans - - Fine ditto - Jers a 106 s Feats -25 S a 2S, a 33s A Rye'- - -4 6 s a ~lg4t Itofind ditto - 35'•a;`!-.6.1' Barley -34 s a -42 s Potatoe ditto . --s a 4 , $ Malt 705 a, 78$ 1 Rape Seed - 481,a 21 White Pease - 94 s a 15 45 Fine Flour - B o s a Pcs Grey (litto - •4ts a 52, Seconds - -73 s a . t.is Os a bas ►..~, -.